Blue eyes, good teeth, tall, and blonde hair that stays combed. Don’t many men want to grow up that way? Throw in the latest clothes and a convertible sports car and you’ve got it all. Simon was my best friend in high school and college. Those were great days. Both he and I didn’t measure […]
About Don and Peg Doman
Shrewd Lorna’s Salon
“Style and Grace” is now available from Lorna. She grew up with ideas, but things weren’t looking too good for her a couple of years ago on Tacoma’s Martin Luther King Jr Way, but with all the new high rises in almost every block in what used to be K Street and its surroundings, more […]
St. Joan of Grocery Clerks
Joan was an independent young woman. She liked to go shopping early at her favorite grocery store. They had fish at decent prices, well “decent” when they had been offered for sale at a great price when various pieces of fish were reduced in price for quicker sales. She had been sold on nice looking […]
My Mom’s Friend, Maybell
I met Maybell a short time after my mother died. They were friends and had worked together in the St. Vinnie’s Thrift Store for years. Maybelle also had a great sense of concern for others and was always ready to lend a hand. She had kind of a southern drawl, but I think perhaps she […]
The Red-haired King?
Ruadhan is an Irish boy’s name that means “little red-haired one”. It is a diminutive of the Irish word Ruadh, which means “red”. Ruadhan is sometimes anglicized as Rowan. This name means “red-haired king,” as in the red colored hair of foxes today in Clan Dálaigh, County Donegal. At one point in his life, Jack, […]
The Mean Man Who Wasn’t
I’ve known Jefferson Brown for ages. Sometimes people remain in your memory for years. Jefferson was one of those people who only act tough when they are needed. He was part black, part white, and part Chinese with perhaps something even more in his heritage. I met him when he was painting a house with […]
Becky, Alone and Waiting
My wife Margie and I live alone in a nice neighborhood, it’s not expensive, although what isn’t these days? We always drive the same way in and out to visit our favorite grocery store and our favorite hardware store. Our kids come over every now and then to visit and see how we are doing. […]
Lakewood Arts Commission November Gathering
The Lakewood Arts Commission held a gathering at the Fort Steilacoom Park Pavilion last Friday, Nov. 8. I felt right at home. As a teenager I worked the night shift at Western State Hospital while attending art classes at the University of Puget Sound in the daytime. Our Friday meeting was kind of a picnic […]
The Boss
I learned a long time ago, if you are not The Boss, you better know who is The Boss, and you best be well thought of by The Boss. You don’t have to be a kiss ass or bow down to the head guy every single time something comes up, you just need to know […]